BILL NUMBER: AB 2005	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Chesbro and Levine

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Sections 19421 and 19425 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2005, as amended, Chesbro. California Horse Racing Board:
membership and per diem.
    Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, provides for the operation of
live horse racing in this state and for wagering  thereon,
  on horse races,  and for the operation of
satellite wagering facilities, subject to regulation and oversight by
the California Horse Racing Board, as specified. That law provides
that the board consist of 7 members appointed by the Governor and
that the members of the board receive a per diem of $100 for each day
spent in attendance at official meetings and be reimbursed for
traveling and other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance
of official duties.
   This bill would expand the membership of the board to 11 members,
7 public members appointed by the Governor, 2 Members of the Senate
appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and 2 Members of the
Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly  , as specified
 . The bill would provide that Members of the Legislature 
appointed to the board  shall serve  as nonvoting,
ex-officio members of the board and for  a term of  not
more than 4   2  years, with no limit on the number
of terms that may be served by any one Member.  The bill
would provide that a Member of the Legislature may participate in the
activities of the board to the extent that his or her participation
is not incompatible with his or her position as a Member of the
Legislature and   The bill would make the legislative
members ineligible to serve on the subcommittees of the board and
 would prohibit a legislative member of the board from receiving
per diem or reimbursement for traveling and other expenses from the
board for his or her service on the board.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 19421 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19421.  (a) The board consists of 11 members, seven public members
appointed by the Governor, two Members of the Senate appointed by
the Senate Committee on Rules  of which one Member shall be from
a district that is in the northern zone and one Member from a
district that is in the southern zone  , and two Members of the
Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly  of which one
Member shall be from a district that is in the northern zone and one
Member from a district that is in the central zone  . Each
public member shall hold office for a term of four years, commencing
at the expiration of the previous term. A public member shall be
eligible for reappointment at the discretion of the Governor. Any
vacancy of a public member shall be filled by the Governor for the
unexpired term.
   (b) Members of the Legislature  appointed to the board 
shall serve  as nonvoting, ex-officio members of the board and
each appointed Member shall serve  a term of  not more
than four   two  years, with no limit on the number
of terms that may be served by any one Member.  A Member of
the Legislature may participate in the activities of the board to the
extent that his or her participation is not incompatible with his or
her position as a Member of the Legislature.   Members
of the Legislature serving on the board shall be ineligible to serve
on subcommittees of the board. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 19425 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19425.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the members of
the board shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) for
each day spent in attendance at meetings scheduled by the chairperson
of the board for the purpose of fulfilling the duties of the board
pursuant to this chapter, and shall be reimbursed for traveling and
other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of official
duties.
   (b) A Member of the Legislature serving on the board shall not
receive per diem or reimbursement for traveling or other expenses
from the board for his or her service on the board pursuant to
subdivision (a).